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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: The Truth According to Us

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature of the Breaking the Spine blog. It's a great way to share informationabout
forthcoming books with other readers. Today I'm featuring The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Publication Date: June 9, 2015

From barnesandnoble.com: A wise, witty, and exuberant
novel, perfect for fans of Lee Smith, that illuminates the power of
loyalty and forgiveness, memory and truth, and the courage it takes to
do what’s right.

Annie Barrows once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small
town filled with extraordinary characters. Her new novel, The Truth According to Us,
brings to life an inquisitive young girl, her beloved aunt, and the
alluring visitor who changes the course of their destiny forever.

In the summer of 1938, Layla Beck’s father, a United States senator,
cuts off her allowance and demands that she find employment on the
Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal jobs program. Within days, Layla
finds herself far from her accustomed social whirl, assigned to cover
the history of the remote mill town of Macedonia, West Virginia, and
destined, in her opinion, to go completely mad with boredom. But once
she secures a room in the home of the unconventional Romeyn family, she
is drawn into their complex world and soon discovers that the truth of
the town is entangled in the thorny past of the Romeyn dynasty.

At the Romeyn house, twelve-year-old Willa is desperate to learn
everything in her quest to acquire her favorite virtues of ferocity and
devotion—a search that leads her into a thicket of mysteries, including
the questionable business that occupies her charismatic father and the
reason her adored aunt Jottie remains unmarried. Layla’s arrival strikes
a match to the family veneer, bringing to light buried secrets that
will tell a new tale about the Romeyns. As Willa peels back the layers
of her family’s past, and Layla delves deeper into town legend, everyone
involved is transformed—and their personal histories completely
rewritten.

Which book are you waiting for?

...Will you add this one to your list of must-reads?

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